Two questions for A Level maths

Hi,
Last year I did my AS maths and got a C, which was really disappointing as I was hoping for at least a B. Having received my uni offers, I have two questions about how to get my C to a B at the end of this year.
1) Is this calculator allowed in A Level Edexcel maths exams? - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-FX-991DE-Scientific-Calculator-Natural/dp/B0050OTQ42/ref=sr_1_1?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1453162816&sr=8-1&keywords=casio+calculator+german

2) Considering I now feel fairly confident on all of AS apart from S1, how many hours per topic (as an estimate) do you think it will take to get my B/A predicted grade and how would I do it without running out of past paper questions for closer to the exams?

Thanks

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Reply 1

Student403

Yes that calculator is allowed

Reply 2

TeeEm

Original post by mnaj123

Calculator?
I do not know if it is allowed but I can tell you you will be wasting your money

12 hours per week (approximately) from now until the AS exams in May

Good luck

Reply 3

Student403

Original post by TeeEm

Calculator?
I do not know if it is allowed but I can tell you you will be wasting your money

12 hours per week (approximately) from now until the AS exams in May

Good luck

How come you say it's a waste of money? I have a similar one which I bought for a tiny bit cheaper, and it's been very nice because of all the functions

(although saying that, I probably enjoy it because I use it for things outside of A level)

Reply 4

TeeEm

Original post by Student403

such as?

Reply 5

Student403

Original post by TeeEm

such as?

I took the American SAT (and SAT subject test) which made use of a lot of the stats functions and due to it's MCQ nature the polynomial solver is completely acceptable without any working.

Reply 6

TeeEm

Original post by Student403

I took the American SAT (and SAT subject test) which made use of a lot of the stats functions and due to it's MCQ nature the polynomial solver is completely acceptable without any working.

this person is not sitting the American SAT, but sure

Reply 7

Student403

Original post by TeeEm

this person is not sitting the American SAT, but sure

Yeah fair enough :smile:

Do you think such functions come in useful at university?

Reply 8

mnaj123

Original post by Student403

Yes that calculator is allowed

Ok, thanks, I would've thought that the extra functions made it illegal in exams. So it will be definitely allowed?

Reply 9

Student403

Original post by mnaj123

Ok, thanks, I would've thought that the extra functions made it illegal in exams. So it will be definitely allowed?

Even graphing calculators are allowed.

They actually plot lines of regression

Reply 10

mnaj123

Original post by TeeEm

Calculator?
I do not know if it is allowed but I can tell you you will be wasting your money

12 hours per week (approximately) from now until the AS exams in May

Good luck

So 2 or 3 hrs a day will be enough?

Reply 11

TeeEm

Original post by Student403

Yeah fair enough :smile:

Do you think such functions come in useful at university?

I did maths and never needed a calculator at University.
(top universities do not allow a calculator)
Those Universities that do they only allow only one specific model and this one is not one of them

Reply 12

Student403

Original post by TeeEm

Oh wow. Okay thanks for the info

Reply 13

TeeEm

Original post by mnaj123

So 2 or 3 hrs a day will be enough?

if it is every day, definitely

Reply 14

TeeEm

Original post by Student403

Oh wow. Okay thanks for the info

no worries

Reply 15

mnaj123

Original post by Student403

Even graphing calculators are allowed.
They actually plot lines of regression

Oh, really?! I thought they were definitely illegal.
So I can have this for my Edexcel A Level exams?

Reply 16

Student403

Original post by mnaj123

Oh, really?! I thought they were definitely illegal.
So I can have this for my Edexcel A Level exams?

I took this in to my C3 exam. I don't recommend buying one though specifically for A level. It's only going to waste your time in the exam needlessly typing out things. Also I think it defeats the purpose of learning those parts of the spec